TOKYO : Brazilian Luiz Francisco led a crew of skaters from his country to the finals of the men's park skateboarding competition, soaring over the skate park under Tokyo's scorching sun on Thursday.
One of them, Pedro Barros, 26, is currently ranked No. 4 in the world according to Worldskate, while Francisco is ranked No. 3. In a surprise exit, Heimana Reynolds from the United States, who is currently ranked the world No.1 in the men's park discipline and was a favourite going into the preliminaries, missed the eight man cut-off.
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